A Comparative Evaluation of Automated (Copan WASP®) Versus Manual Methods for Plate Streaking and Specimen Processing

Preneshni Naicker, Keithea Mentoor, Clive Misland, V. Mischka Moodley, Pascal Musoni,
Chad Centner, Clinton Moodley, Janet Scholtz, Mark Nicol

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Multidrug-resistant OXA-48/CTX-M-15 Klebsiella pneumoniae cluster in a COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit: Salient lessons for infection prevention and control during the COVID-19 pandemic

Annaleise R. Howard-Jones et al.

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Identification of Drug Resistant Candida auris

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Optimizing a real-time PCR assay for rapid detection of Candida auris in nasal and axillary/groin samples

Michael Malczynski et al

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Evaluation of the Copan ESwab transport system for the detection of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: a laboratory and clinical study

A Smismans et al

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Clinical evaluation of the Copan ESwab for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus detection and culture of wounds

V Saegeman et al

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Comparison of the eSwab collection and transportation system to an amies gel transystem for Gram stain of clinical specimens

Carla Fontana et al

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Comparison of Copan eSwab with the Copan Venturi Transystem for the quantitative survival of Escherichia coli, Streptococcus agalactiae and Candida albicans

S. Nys et al

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Validation of Colorex™ (CHROMagar™) Serratia agar on WASP™/WASPLab™ in screening for Serratia marcescens in neonatal intensive care units using the ESwab™

M. Gaskin et al

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Detection of SARS-CoV-2 from combined nasal/rectal swabs

Adriana M. Airo et al.

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Evidence of surface contamination in hospital rooms ccupied by patients infected with monkeypox, Germany, June 2022

D. Nörz, S. Pfefferle, T. T. Brehm, G. Franke, I. Grewe, B. Knobling, M. Aepfelbacher, S. Huber, E. M. Klupp, S. Jordan, M. M. Addo, J. Schulze zur Wiesch, S. Schmiedel, M. Lütgehetmann, J. K. Knobloch

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Frequency of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Patients with Imminent Preterm Delivery on the Island of Curaçao

Aglaia Hage et al.

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Antibiotic-resistant organisms establish reservoirs in new hospital built environments and are related to patient blood infection isolates

Kimberley V Sukhum et al.

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High-Resolution Melting Analysis to Detect Antimicrobial Resistance Determinants in South African Neisseria gonorrhoeae Clinical Isolates and Specimens

Nireshni Mitchev et al.

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Comparison of Five Media for Detection of Extended-Spectrum Beta Lactamase by Use of WASP® Instrument for Automated Specimen Processing

P. Grohs, B. Tillecovidin, A. Caumont-Prim, E. Carbonnelle, N. Day, I. Podglajen and L. Gutmann

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The challenge of preventing and containing outbreaks of multidrug-resistant organisms and Candida auris during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic: report of a carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii outbreak and a systematic review of the literature

Reto Thoma et al.

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Copan Walk Away Specimen Processor (WASP) Automated System for Pathogen Detection in Female Reproductive Tract Specimens

Jing Gao et al.

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Clonal spread of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae among patients at admission and discharge at a Vietnamese neonatal intensive care unit

Björn Berglund et al.

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Epidemiology of ESBL-producing Escherichia coli from repeated prevalence studies over 11 years in a long-term-care facility

Martischang et al.

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Antimicrobial susceptibility of Neisseria gonorrhoeae isolates and syndromic treatment of men with urethral discharge in Kingston, Jamaica, 2018-19

McDermott et al.

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The impact of a ‘milking the COW’ campaign in a regional hospital in Singapore

Surinder Kaur M.S. Pada et al.

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SARS‑CoV‑2 in hospital indoor environments is predominantly non‑infectious

Janina Krambrich et al.

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Cov-MS: A Community-Based Template Assay for Mass-Spectrometry-Based Protein Detection in SARS-CoV‑2 Patients

Bart Van Puyvelde et al.

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Validation and implementation of Colorex™ CHROMagar™ Strep A agar on WASP®/WASPLab® for screening for Streptococcus pyogenes using the eSwab®

M. Gaskin, D. Yamamura, J. Korver

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Can image analysis automatically screen for Streptococcus agalactiae in specimens collected from pregnant women?

J. Steenbergen

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Comparison of Automated Processing of Flocked Swabs with Manual Processing of Fiber Swabs for Detection of Nasal Carriage of Staphylococcus aureus

Gillian Jones, Roger Matthews, Richard Cunningham and Peter Jenks

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Medlab Middle East

In 2021 Medlab Middle East will be located with Arab Health. This combination will accelerate innovation and strengthen the capability to provide more relevant solutions, bringing two key communities – healthcare and medical laboratory – together under one roof.

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ECCMID

The European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases meeting is one of the most influential congresses in the field of microbiology. ECCMID scientific program is a synthesis of current priorities in clinical microbiology and infection: diagnosis, treatment, epidemiology, and prevention of infectious diseases, as well as related basic microbiology.

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European Society of Clinical Virology – ESCV

The Conference of European Society for Clinical Virology program covers the most recent discoveries and innovations in Clinical Virology. Sessions will include the use of Next Generation Sequencing, Hepatitis, Emerging Viruses and Zoonoses, Viral infections in Pregnancy, as well as Advancements in Diagnosis, Monitoring, Prevention and Treatment of a range of viral diseases.

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Congresso Nazionale della Società Italiana di Microbiologia

49th SIM 2021 Congress will aim to take stock of the situation on research, at two different times.
The first will take place over two days dedicated to the presentation of posters and the second on 20 and 21 September for the oral sessions. In particular, the days of 16 and 17 September will be dedicated to e-Posters, with data from SIM research in all its facets, to try to take stock of the post-covid era and how to build it. In the two days of oral sessions, on the other hand, national experts will deal with the hottest topics of the day, from SARS-Cov-2 to vaccines, from diagnostics to pathogenesis and resistance, from fungi to rapid diagnostics.

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Asia Pacific Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infection – APCCMI

APCCMI 2021 will build on this rich history in Singapore and regional collaboration. The congress will focus on:

1. COVID-19
2. Advances in infection control, microbiome and vaccines; new antimicrobials and antimicrobial stewardship.
3. Advances in microbiology including rapid diagnostics, applications in whole-genome sequencing, laboratory automation;
4. Antimicrobial resistance in humans and within the One Health context of animals, humans and the environment;
5. Challenges and progress in the three pandemic infections of HIV, Malaria, and Tuberculosis;
6. Emerging infectious diseases prevalent in the region (Chikungunya, Dengue, Zika) and globally (Avian and seasonal influenza, MERS-CoV)

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ICPIC

The 6th International Conference on Prevention & Infection Control (ICPIC), which will be held on 14-17 September 2021.

After the challenging past year through the COVID-19 pandemic, the need to bring together the global IPC community becomes even stronger. We believe that all required conditions will be met next September to be able to organize a safe, interactive and stimulating face-to-face conference.

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Medlab Asia

The virtual edition returns
More time. More valuable contacts. More return.
In a changing world and with limited resources we realise it’s more important than ever to spend your time and money wisely. So, they’ve completely reviewed and redefined the Medlab Asia & Asia Health experience, introducing an online platform.

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Copan, putting Covid-19 challenges behind and setting up for the post-pandemic scenario

With an email to the main distributors, Copan group’s CEO describes how the ramp-up of Covid-19-related products has been concluded, and how the company is now reorganizing to face post-pandemic challenges.
Last Tuesday, Copan partners received an email signed by Copan’s CEO Stefania Triva herself. Certainly, it was not the first email they received from the leader in preanalytics last year. Still, this time the communication tried to put a full stop to pandemic-related struggles, informing about the accomplishment of 2020 common goals and reorganizing the company and its network for the years to come.

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Swabs stories: scaling up Tuberculosis and Covid-19 screening while protecting worker health

To protect healthcare workers while performing both tuberculosis and Covid-19 sampling is a big challenge. On 2021 International Tuberculosis Day, our honored guest Professor Gerard Cangelosi will explore this crucial aspect that needs to be considered while scaling up tuberculosis and Covid-19 screening.

Prof. Prof. Gerard A. Cangelosi, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Adjunct Professor, Departments of Global Health and Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

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Suppression of COVID-19 outbreak in the municipality of Vo’, Italy

In this appointment, we are pleased to host Professor Andrea Crisanti. This speech is an unmissable opportunity to get insights on transmission dynamics, duration of viral load detectability, and efficacy of implemented control measures at the early stages of the Italian pandemic.

Prof. Andrea Crisanti, MD, PhD
Professor of Microbiology, Director of the Department of Molecular Medicine – University of Padova, Director of the Diagnostic Unit of Microbiology and Virology, Hospital – University Padova. Professor of Molecular Parasitology at Imperial College of London (on leave of absence).